Speakers: Still Not sure on the speakers. Maybe HDMI audio will be good enough?

DVD-Burner: ASUS DRW-24B1ST

My plan for case airflow is first, to attach the dual radiator to the top of the case and use two of the XIGMATEK fans to exhaust from the top and one from the back. For the intake, two of the Zalmans from the bottom and one from the front.

I plan to have the Graphics in an SLI config which will hopefully give me about a 580 and a half performance wise.

I'm probably going to swap for the ivy bridge equivalent, but to be honest it'll be a few years before any application on the market can touch this CPU. I mean, I can still play games like Skyrim on max settings with my Pentium Dual Core E5800 machine and a gtx 550ti.

I've also decided that I want an sli configuration, but you do make a valid point with the gtx 6xx series, especially if I go for a ivy bridge cpu with the PCI-E 3.0 enhanced bandwidth and lanes that come with it.

I've been looking at performance reviews for the H100 and it seems to be the best "all-in-one" solution you can get without resorting to full on liquid cooling.

I'm probably going to swap for the ivy bridge equivalent, but to be honest it'll be a few years before any application on the market can touch this CPU. I mean, I can still play games like Skyrim on max settings with my Pentium Dual Core E5800 machine and a gtx 550ti.

I've also decided that I want an sli configuration, but you do make a valid point with the gtx 6xx series, especially if I go for a ivy bridge cpu with the PCI-E 3.0 enhanced bandwidth and lanes that come with it.

I've been looking at performance reviews for the H100 and it seems to be the best "all-in-one" solution you can get without resorting to full on liquid cooling.

That isn't true you can't max Skyrim on that because MAX means 3 monitors, all settings all the way up. But that is mostly GPU dependent, still no reason not to wait for the superior CPU at the exact same price.

In what world does maxed out mean three displays? If I had meant multi-display I would have said that. Nor would I have a multi-display setup with an nvidea card when AMD makes a far better multi-display technology. I will also have you know that I posted this to get insight with other PC enthusiasts and to make friendly conversation. I also work in computer engineering and know the finer details about most of these technologies. Please don't post on this anymore if all you're after is to compare the size of our egos because I really don't want to.

In what world does maxed out mean three displays? If I had meant multi-display I would have said that. Nor would I have a multi-display setup with an nvidea card when AMD makes a far better multi-display technology. I will also have you know that I posted this to get insight with other PC enthusiasts and to make friendly conversation. I also work in computer engineering and know the finer details about most of these technologies. Please don't post on this anymore if all you're after is to compare the size of our egos because I really don't want to.

Ok then the 550 can't play skyrim at 1080 with all the filtering all the way up. I'm sorry if I come off a bit forward that is just how I am but the 550ti isn't "maxing" anything, especially when you factor in 2560x1600 displays. There is another level of detail you aren't getting with the 550ti, I'm not saying this to belittle your build just to inform in a way. But right now you should be looking at the gtx 680 for the GPU as it adds a newer AA type and has a lot more consistent framerate (meaning less sharp drops in fps). But 3 display 3d surround would be max in most terms since it is the most intensive thing you can do. You may be able to max x resolution but there is always some technology that is a step ahead and will be the new max eventually. Just look at what is coming up soon with 4k resolutions, that is going to be pretty awesome.

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